VOTE NOW for your favorite smartphone: www.phonedog.com Verizon CFO Fran Shammo hinted during the Verizon Q2 2012 earnings call that the next iPhone could be coming Q4 of this year. This isn’t too surprising since we’ve been expecting the next iPhone to launch sometime around the end of the year, but at least we have some more official confirmation of that. In other Apple news, the company has suffered some losses in the European courts. A German judge ruled that the Motorola XOOM does not infringe on the iPad’s design and a UK judge has ordered Apple to publish a notice both online and in multiple British newspapers and magazines stating that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab does not copy the iPad’s design. This could be a wake-up call for Apple. All of this news and more is discussed in this week’s episode of The Dog Pound. Carriers said to be testing nano-SIMs to prep for new iPhone, Verizon CFO hints at possible Q4 debut www.phonedog.com ____________________________________________ Motorola XOOM doesn’t infringe on Apple iPad design, German court rules www.phonedog.com Apple must post notice of ruling that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab doesn’t copy iPad, UK judge says www.phonedog.com ____________________________________________ AT&T Mobile Share data plans due to arrive in late August www.phonedog.com ____________________________________________ HTC EVO 3D, EVO Design 4G to begin receiving Android 4.0 updates “by early August” www.phonedog.com Nexus S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update now …
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Kobo’s Android app recently enjoyed a brief stint of global superiority, but that playing field has been leveled with the company’s latest update for iOS. Like the Android version, Kobo for iOS now includes support for Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Additionally, users will also find support for e-books encumbered with Adobe DRM. Lastly, Kobo for iOS now lets users choose which books to store locally on their device, and it also fixes a bug that’d prevented e-books from being opened — nice to get that one squared away.
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Kobo app for iOS goes international with support for Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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6-5-2012 In the past year, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been fighting in courts around the globe to ban other tablet computers to be sold in different countries. Recently, Apple has been trying to fight for a ban on the sales of the German Motorola Mobility Xoom tablet in Germany. The official ruling is not expected to be released until mid July, but news came out earlier that Apple may likely lose this time according to a Dusseldorf court. In September, Apple was able to win a ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy tablet 10.1, which will probably be revoked as well. Apple is currently trading at 5.86 and is trading below its 50 day moving average.
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Apple filed a stealth lawsuit last summer alleging that the Motorola Xoom violated the design patent that underpins the iPad. While Apple has had some success leveling its big patent gun against Samsung, the same can’t be said for Motorola: a German court just declared that the reference Android tablet doesn’t infringe on Apple’s design claim. The ruling isn’t a complete win for Motorola, however, as the court wouldn’t invalidate the patent — it could theoretically be leveled against other tablets in the future. The loss will still sting for Apple, which now has to resort to a multi-touch patent claim (among others) if it wants to make Motorola feel the heat in Mannheim.
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German court rules Motorola Xoom doesn’t violate Apple’s iPad design patent originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If Sony’s German site is to be believed, then it’s safe to say the outfit’s had a change of heart recently. According to a revealing spec sheet on the website, there’s now a T13 Ultrabook model with one of Intel’s latest chips on board. Just last week, Sony announced the Euro-bound T13 would be sporting a last-gen Core i3-2367M CPU, but the recent finding shows an i5-3317U variant (you know, the one on Sammy’s Series 9) could be in the works. Still, it’s unknown whether this Ivy Bridge-packing VAIO would replace its Sandy Bridge sibling or if it’s just going to be a complete different offering. We’ll have to wait and see.
VAIO T13 Ultrabook could be coming with Ivy Bridge, according to Sony’s German site originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 May 2012 11:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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It’s been well over a month now since Apple suspended push email from its iCloud and MobileMe services, and it doesn’t look like it will be switching them back on any time soon. According to the Wall Street Journal, a German regional court has backed the ban, upholding Motorola Mobility’s claims of patent infringements. The court agreed that Apple must also pay damages to Motorola, but has yet to agree on an amount. So, for now, users will need to stick to manually fetching updates, and hope a final agreement can be met further down the line.
German court upholds ban on iCloud and MobileMe push emails originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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A German government committee is proposing changes that could force search engines operating in the country to pay for using news excerpts. The plans involve setting up a department to charge royalties from sites that aggregate news feeds, and covers them for 12-months from date of publish. This isn’t the first country to attempt to protect publishers’ material, with the Newspaper Licensing Agency in the UK also performing a similar role. Before you hide your news blog from German eyes, the ruling will only affect commercial outfits.
Germany’s publishing executives have been pushing for such a move since a case in Belgium that saw Google News forced to stop excerpting articles. Unsurprisingly there is strong support from the industry, with 149 execs from the country already having petitioned the government with a “Hamburg Declaration on Intellectual Property Rights” proposal in 2009, and both the German Federation of Newspaper Publishers and Association of German Magazine Publishers also campaigning for change. Now that the committee has laid down clear plans, it remains to be seen if or how they will be implemented, but with the nation’s track record for pulling no punches where technology is concerned, search engines might have to prepare for a rapid change in policy.
German government proposes to charge search engines for excerpting news sites originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 11 Mar 2012 06:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Mark one up for Samsung. After months of legal and PR battles, the South Korean company is finally able to sell and market their iPad clone in Germany. Just don’t call it an iPad clone anymore. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N (pictured left) is slightly different from the iPad — but that’s all that matters.
Samsung released the Galaxy Tab 10.1N late last year. This version features a silver boarder around the screen’s black bezel. The speakers were also relocated in a stereo configuration and now flank the screen. The original GalTab 10.1 was a blatant iPad ripoff. This version at least looks slightly different.
The Dusseldorf Regional Court said there are “clear differences” between the 10.1N and Apple’s iPad, essentially clearing it for retail sale. This ruling shoots down Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction. No doubt Apple’s all-star legal team will fight the decision, but they’re quickly losing support. The reworked 10.1N at least appears to be significantly different from the iPad — at least to the point that any 10.1 slate can look different from another one.
Motorola suffered a setback in Germany this morning, after a Mannheim Regional Court struck down one of the company’s several patent lawsuits against Apple. The patent in question, EP1053613, is considered essential to the 3G/UMTS wireless standard and, more specifically, pertains to a “method and system for generating a complex pseudonoise sequence for processing a code division multiple access [CDMA] signal.” Motorola Mobility had argued that Apple’s products had infringed upon this patent, but Judge Andreas Voss today dismissed these claims, on the basis that the plaintiff failed to demonstrate Cupertino’s violation. It’s undoubtedly a welcomed victory for Apple, which had been suffering through something of a losing streak against Motorola, but their ongoing tug-of-war is far from over. Neither Motorola nor Apple have commented on the decision, but we’ll update this post as soon as we hear more.
German court dismisses Motorola’s patent lawsuit against Apple originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:30:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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